Serena Williams made her long-awaited comeback to tennis on Sunday but the 23-time Grand Slam title victor and former world No. 1 suffered defeat, playing alongside big sister Venus in a Fed Cup dead rubber.

She was born weighing 6lbs 14oz on 1 September, and joined her 23-time Grand Slam champion mother at her wedding to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Rome only 11 weeks later.

When you consider what Williams went through just last summer, it's a miracle she was able to compete at all.

And despite falling to a straight-sets loss to Demi Schuurs and Lesley Kerkhove on Sunday, the greatest player of her generation showed glimpses of her prowess in front of a sellout crowd in Asheville.

Venus credited team-mate CoCo Vandeweghe, who scored a hard fought win over Hogenkamp the day before, for paving the way."Honestly I like to think CoCo wore her down some". I feel like I'm on the right track.' She also added, 'I really don't know. "I didn't manage my time well, but I was thinking about it, in the future, how to manage it better". It's just a start.

"It was really special to be back out here with Venus and we're so happy Team USA won today", Serena Williams said in quotes published on the official Fed Cup website. While Serena lost in a doubles match playing with her sister Venus against a Dutch team, the United States still progressed to the next round of the tournament.

In a recent interview, Williams had revealed she was laid up for a month and a half after the birth of Alexis Olympia following a crisis caesarean segment. This is literally my first time traveling with the baby and everything. "I'm always going to have the best and highest expectations for myself".

She had initially targeted last month's Australian Open and a defence of her 2017 title but struggled during an exhibition match against Jelena Ostapenko in Abu Dhabi in December, forcing her to revise her plans. The Williamses have been a standout pair amongst other doubles teams on the circuit for quite a long time and have won 22 titles together.

At 31 years old, Darvish no longer looks like the ace he was at his best in 2013 when he finished second in AL Cy Young voting. A team like the Cubs will be gunning to win it all this year, and they'll count on Darvish to help win some big games.

In January, Apple it would allow users to use a new UI tool to turn off the power management feature that slows down old iPhones . According to the Wall Street Journal , Apple is in talks with Goldman Sachs to offer easy loans to people buying Apple products.

The U.S. says it has been in compliance with the limits since August and it expects the Russians to comply by Monday's deadline. The Pentagon will also bring back sea-based nuclear cruise missiles, which will take up to a decade to develop, officials said.

Later in the day, Harry and Meghan visited Social Bite, a social business and café located in Edinburgh's New Town. Another woman shared a video of Markle complimenting her pink nails while greeting the crowd.

As ESPN noted, Davis has a history of throwing tantrums, and this is not the first time he has caused an Olympic controversy. Voting for Hamlin and speedskater Shani Davis was tied for the honor, which led to the victor being chosen by a coin toss.

UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura, who attended the meeting, said the United Nations would lead efforts to form the commission. Earlier reports said that Syrian governmental forces were fighting against Jabhat al-Nusra units in the Idlib province.

But South Korea has been flexible with these rules as it accommodates the North Koreans to the Pyeongchang Games. Now South Korean officials are debating if they can even fuel the ship for the North Koreans .

Earlier on Tuesday senior district judge Emma Arbuthnot ruled that Mr Assange's warrant for breaching bail conditions still stood. Swedish prosecutors were investigating allegations of sexual assault and rape made by two women in 2010.

We, too, are in disbelief and even more so that these alleged actions may have been taken by those whom we called brothers . Zeta Beta Tau have also said it is planning to host educational programs on healthy relationships.

Although peace has returned to the valley after a military operation in 2009, security had been a primary concern in the region. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has strongly condemned the suicide attack, the prime minister's office said.

Yet Mahrez has been left hurt by his club's refusal to sell to City, with whom he would have likely won a second league title. In the English top-flight, Coutinho has scored 41 goals in 152 appearances, good for a goal every 3.7 games.

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